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Hipster Eurasian Game Bird Lost In Greenpoint En Route To Papacitos
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Christopher Robbins
Published Oct 4, 2011
Modified Oct 4, 2011
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Published Oct 4, 2011
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A tipster who snapped these photos in Greenpoint had one question: "What is it?" Gothamist's resident bird expert believes it's a Chukar Partridge, a Eurasian game bird first introduced out west. So what's it doing here?
"Chukars are usually seen in the high desert plains areas, but they're really popular as game out in Idaho," birder Louie Nottingham tells us from his home base in Montana. "I just got back from Idaho and they're everywhere. I think it's pretty unusual to see one roaming around New York City." Indeed, as a cursory search through the city's birding message boards doesn't yield any Chukars. Does it always look that puffed up? Is it offended by flash photography? "It may be cold or frightened, but they're stout little birds. That's pretty much what they look like. Maybe someone was raising it and it escaped."
If you're missing your little Chukar, you can probably find it at Manhattan Inn, or Three Kings. We heard that it needed some touching up on that sick bird tattoo it has.
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Christopher Robbins
Christopher Robbins is a New York City reporter covering transportation, affordable housing, local politics, and criminal justice. His work has also appeared in New York Magazine, The Village Voice and The New York Times. Chris is a graduate of Patrick Henry High School in Roanoke, Virginia, and enjoys biking to Fort Tilden in the summertime.
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